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Originally Posted by sashajade they were first know as scotch terriers but then bred with other breeds to make up the yorkie. |
I deal better with references -- I think when people read and then try to remember they sometimes get things mixed around alittle. For instance.....
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The Yorkshire Terrier made its first appearance at a bench show in England in 1861 as a "broken-haired Scotch Terrier". It became known as a Yorkshire Terrier in 1870 when, after the Westmoreland show, Angus Sutherland reported in The Field magazine that "they ought no longer be called Scotch Terriers, but Yorkshire Terriers for having been so improved there."
It says improved -- it does not say that they bred other breeds to the Scotch terrier to get Yorkies. The broken-haired Scotch Terriers were just renamed Yorkshire Terriers as they were improved there. Improved means breeding the best to the best -- not mixing breeds for hybrids.